Microsoft has deep pockets and has shown before that it will fight (and hang on) to create a market for itself (i.e. Xbox and Bing). I suspect that Windows Phone will continue to gain market share, albeit slowly, mostly at the expense of nominal platforms like Blackberry.

Consequently, HTML5 will continue on its path as an advantageous development platform; moreover, HTML5’s rise will most likely be at the expense of hybrid frameworks as there’s a point of diminishing returns for frameworks to support 100% of all native features across multiple native platforms. Plus, Amazon’s recent announcement that their Appstore for Android supports the submission of HTML5 apps only adds to the pro-HTML5 argument.

8% is an itty-bitty number, but I’ll be keeping an eye on Microsoft’s Windows Phone market share. And I’ll be watching the world of HTML5 closely. How about you?